Sweet and Bitter

Sweet and Bitter:

The Negroni part gin, 1 part Campari, and 1 part sweet vermouth, stirred with ice until well-chilled, strained 1 BY LINDA GARSON Fosco Scarselli, for a stronger version of his regular Americano - a mix of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water, known into a rocks glass filled with large ice as a Milano-Torino, or Mi-To. Scarselli cubes, and garnished with orange peel or swapped out the soda for gin, and a slice of orange. shazam! The Negroni was born.

What could be easier? And what With fans such as Ernest Hemingway, could be easier to remember than 1:1:1? and the late Anthony Bourdain, who

And what could be more delicious for often made them for his film crew while discerning cocktail lovers who look for on the road, the Negroni is one of the a balance of sweet and bitter together in world’s classic cocktails – and now some their glass? Canadian distilleries have made it even

So where did this all start? easier for us, and produced pre-mixed

We all know those times when our and ready to drink Negroni! regular tipple just isn’t enough for the Negroni Week, a fundraiser for day we’ve had, and that was the case for the hospitality industry, has been 1 Italian Count Camillo Negroni when he arrived at his favourite café in Florence in 1919, and asked his friend and bartender, Here are three to try: 2 rescheduled for September 14-20 as a virtual event while bars and restaurants are restricted in their hours and capacity. Craft Negroni Confluence Distillery, Calgary Calgary’s Confluence Distillery created a special gin with grapefruit and added a little chilli spice for their Craft Classic Negroni, Park Distillery, Banff Negroni. The result Made with Park’s Alpine Dry Gin, this is a dangerously limited edition Classic Negroni has spent easy-to-drink cocktail time lounging around in oak barrels with a medium for the ingredients to marry together, body, and slightly bitter citrus high notes producing a full and rounded cocktail complementing the sweet flavours in the with deep and rich, orange-forward vermouth, and a warmth that follows a flavours. A contemplative cocktail. few seconds later. 375 mL 28% ABV, $35 at the distillery or 375 mL 22% ABV, $33 at the distillery or online at parkdistillery.com online at confluencedistilling.ca/shop

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The Professor’s Negroni, Dillon’s Small Batch Distillery, Beamsville, Ontario Dillon’s, from Beamsville in Ontario, produced their Professor’s Negroni from their Dry Gin 7, blended with sweet vermouth and their Professor Dillon’s aperitivo liqueur instead of Campari. The result is a lighter coloured cocktail with a slightly oily mouth-feel, and fruity notes of strawberries and sweet orange. Serve chilled. 187 mL, 18.4% ABV, CSPC +818187 $10-$12